 /*******************************************************************************
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime;

 import org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.DataArea;

 /**
  * The class contains a set of utilities working platform metadata area.
  * This class can only be used if OSGi plugin is available.
  *
  * Copied from InternalPlatform as of August 30, 2005.
  * @since org.eclipse.equinox.common 3.2
  */
 public class MetaDataKeeper {

     private static DataArea metaArea = null;

     /**
      * Returns the object which defines the location and organization
      * of the platform's meta area.
      */
     public static DataArea getMetaArea() {
         if (metaArea != null)
             return metaArea;

         metaArea = new DataArea();
         return metaArea;
     }
 }

